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Muʿjam al-Aḥādīth al-Muʿtabara · Hadith 8

The Book of Divine Unity · Prohibition against Speculating and Speaking about God’s Nature · Volume 1, book 4, chapter 8, Hadith 8

Original Arabic text

[-/8] الكافي: محمد بن يحيى، عن أحمد بن محمد، عن الحسين بن سعيد، عن النضر بن سويد عن عاصم بن حميد (رفعه) (قال:) قال: سئل علي بن الحسين عليه السلام عن التوحيد فقال: إن الله عزوجل علم أنه يكون في آخر الزمان أقوام متعمقون فأنزل الله تعالى قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ والآيات من سورة الحديد إلى قوله: وَهُوَ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ فمن رام وراء ذلك فقد هلك

Published English translation

8. [8/-] al-Kafi: Muhammad b. Yahya from Ahmad b. Muhammad from al-Husayn b. Sai’d from al-Nadhr b. Suwayd from A’sim b. Humayd who raised it - he said: Ali b. al-Husayn عليه السلام was asked about Tawhid (Unity of God) so he said: Allah Mighty and Majestic knew that there would in the last age peoples who delve deep (wanting to know) so Allah the Elevated brought down “Say: He is Allah One” (chapter 112) and the verses in Surat al-Hadid until His words “and He is Knowing of that within the hearts” (57:6) so whoever looks (desires) beyond that then he has perished.

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Muʿjam al-Aḥādīth al-Muʿtabara, volume 1, Thaqalayn digital edition / Ammaar Muslim translation
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Ammaar Muslim
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